Transforming Service into Experience: The Power of Personal Connection
Customer service is often defined by transactions that fulfill a stated need. However, customer experience goes far beyond need fulfillment. Loyalty-building experiences are created when businesses surprise customers with care that exceeds expectations. Here’s an example from Capital One that highlights how a business can transform a simple service interaction into an unforgettable experience. A…
The Success of Your Business Depends on a Single Question: How Do You Respond? (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about elevating your business to building team and customer trust. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Your Customers Are Changing Fast, Are You?
In my years as a consultant for Starbucks and author of two books about them, The Starbucks Experience and Leading the Starbucks Way, I’ve seen firsthand how the company has continuously adapted to changing customer preferences. Under Howard Schultz’s leadership, Starbucks was positioned as a “third place” where -people came together in an environment less…
Artificial Intelligence is NOT a Customer Experience Panacea: Beware the Privacy and Operational Pitfalls
Undeniably, AI and data analytics are enhancing customer service and operational efficiency; however, their use is fraught with significant ethical and legal challenges, particularly concerning customer privacy and data usage. Patagonia’s Legal Battle: A Cautionary Tale Patagonia, renowned for its outdoor clothing and equipment, is currently engaged in a lawsuit alleging violations of California privacy…
Birds of Different Feathers SHOULD Flock Together: The Power of Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Growth (Infographics)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about creating unexpected and mutually beneficial partnerships. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Birds of Different Feathers SHOULD Flock Together: The Power of Strategic Partnerships for Sustainable Growth
The recently announced partnership between Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz definitely grabbed my attention. I’ve consulted for and written about both brands but had yet to conceptualize them working together. This somewhat unusual partnership addresses mutual goals and allows us to “think beyond” our obvious partnership opportunities. The Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz Collaboration Starbucks announced a strategic collaboration…
Where is Your Customer Experience Going?: Enhancing Customer Engagement through Journey Mapping (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about successful customer journey mapping. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Where is Your Customer Experience Going?: Enhancing Customer Engagement through Journey Mapping
Sometimes, we are too close to something – a process, an idea, a product, or a service – to see it with accurate, objective clarity and perspective. This can be especially (and paradoxically) true when a notion leaps from our brains. We think we know what it looks, smells, and feels like as a customer…
Autonomy and Guidelines – The Art of Front-Line Empowerment (Infographic)
In this week’s blog, I discussed about empowering your team. For more information on the topic, please refer to the blog. Otherwise, this infographic visually summarizes the blog’s content. To learn more about our team, please visit josephmichelli.com. To speak to me about your CX journey, please go to josephmichelli.com/contact
Southwest Airlines’ Transformative Customer Experience Differentiation: Insights from Bill Tierney VP of Customer & Digital Experience
In today’s rapidly evolving, technology-driven, and human-centered business landscape, the role of customer experience (CX) has never been more critical. Thanks to sponsorship from a leading provider of customer-engagement and technology-aided business process outsourcing (BPO) solutions, iQor, I caught up with Bill Tierney, the Vice President of Customer Experience and Digital Experience at Southwest Airlines—a…
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